Suspenders.



PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT PRESTON ROBINSON,

on OTTAWA, CANADA.

SUSPENDERS..

SPECIFICATION forming part ofLetters ream No. 694,194, dated February 25, 1902.

Application filed May 14, 1901.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ROBERT PRESTON ROBIN- SON, master of surgery'and doctor of medicine, of the city, of Ottawa, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Suspenders; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention has for its object to provide a suspender comprising as a component part a detachable shoulder-brace, the whole when in use being capable of overcoming the tiresome binding strain so commonly experienced by the wearers of the suspenders heretofore used; and a further object of the invention is to provide a suspender which will accommodate itself to every movement of the body, and one that will be exceedingly flexible and not cumbrons.

To this end my invention may be said briefly to consist of a main portion constituting the suspenders proper and auxiliary parts constituting the shoulder-braces. Themain. portion comprises inelastic shoulder-straps, each carrying a cord at its forward end provided with buttonholes at its ends, and the rear end of each of the shoulder-straps car ries a sliding cord, one end whereof is slidably connected to the cord carried by the forward end thereof, and'the other end of each of these last-mentioned cords has a buttonhole, while the port-ions of these cords adjacent to these buttouholes are linked together. The auxiliary portions or shoulder-braces are also inelastic and adjustable as to the length 1 and adapted to respectively extend between and be carried by the front and rear portions of each shoulder-strap.

For full comprehension, however, of my invention reference must be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which like symbols indicate the same parts, and wherein- V Figure 1 is a three-quarter back view of the figure of a man wearing my complete improved suspenders. Fig. 2 is a full back view, the wearer utilizing the suspenders proper without any-auxiliary shoulden-braces; and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of my complete suspenders removed from the wearer.

In my improved suspenders the inelastic shoulder-straps b are provided at their front Serial No. 60,241. (No model portions with buckles 0, each having aspringhook d integral therewith, and their rear portions, near the lower ends thereof, have short strap lengths e stitched to the sides thereof 7 which are adapted to be adjacent to the wearer while in use. A horizontal strap f extends between the rear portions of the shoulderstraps on the inside, with its ends provided with buckles g and projecting between the strap length (2 and the said rear portions of the shoulder-straps, to which latter only said ends, adjacent-to the buckles g, are stitched, as at h. The rear ends of the shoulder'straps have a pair of tubular hangers I), each hung thereupon by means of a second tubular length 11 said tubular lengths being connected rigidly together by a web portion b while a wire loop 6 is passed at one side through the tubular length 19 and connected at its other side by stitching b to the shoulder-straps. A pair of rings iare snapped over the spring-hooks cl and carry tubular hangers j, through which apair of cords is freely pass,

while the ends of these cords are bent back and retained, as at l, to form buttonholes m.

A second pair of cords 92, preferably of greater length than said cords It, are passed freely through the tubular hangers b, and each has one end looped over one of the cords 70, as at o, and its other end bent back and retained, preferably as at p, to form a buttonhole q, while these latter cords n are slidabl coupled together by passing through a pair of tubular sections 0", hinged together by a rectangular link 3 to allow perfect freedom of movement at this point. 1

I have thus far described my suspenders proper, which are complete in themselves, as shown in Fig. 2, and serviceable as a pair of cool and comfortable suspenders without being in any degree cumbrous. My complete suspenders, however, comprise shoulder-braces in the form of straps t, detachably connected at one end to the buckles g, and adjacent to their other ends carry buckles it,

having integral spring-hooks v, which are snapped over the before-mentioned rings.

My complete suspenders have been found easy and efficient and readily adjustable to obtain whatever degree of tension upon the shoulders desired, and being without elastic will be more durable, and obviously the strain connection points and accommodate move ments in all directions.

.hole-loop at one end and a loop at its other The straps and cords can, if desired, be made of webbing, leather, or other inelastic material and many changes made in the-precise disposal of the various parts of my im-, proved suspenders and in their construction without departing from the spirit of my invention.

What I claim is as follows:

1. In garment-suspenders the combination with a pair of shoulder-straps, of a pair of cords slidably carried by the front ends of said shoulder-straps, and each having a buttonhole-loop at each end; a second pair of cords slidably carried by the rear ends of said shoulder-straps and each having a buttonhole-loop at one end and a loop at its other end through which the front cords pass, and a link slidably connecting together the portions of the rear cords adjacent to their but-.

ton connections, substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

2. In garment-suspenders the combination with a pair of shoulder-straps, of a pair of cords slidably carried by the front ends of said shoulder-straps, and each having a butvtonhole-loop at each end; a second pair of cords slidably carried by the rear ends of said shoulder-straps and each having a buttonend through which the front cords pass, and a link slid-ably connecting together the portions of the rear cords adjacent to their button connections, said link consisting of a pair vioftubular sections and a rectangular piece hinged at two opposite side edges to said tubular sections, substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

' 3.2111 garment-suspenders, the combination with a pair of inelastic shoulder-straps, of a pair of tubular hangers detachably connected to the front ends of said shoulder-straps; a pair of inelastic cords passed through said tubular hangers and having their ends bent back and retained to form buttonholes a pair of tubular hangers each consisting of two tubular lengths, a web portion connecting said tubular lengths rigidly together, and a Wire loop passing at one side through one of said tubular lengths and connected at its other side by stitching to the rear ends of said shoulder-sti'aps; a pair of inelastic cords passing through the other of said last-mentioned tutending between and bular lengths and having one end thereof to the front ends of said shoulder-straps; a

pair of inelastic cords passed through said tubularhangers and having their ends bent back and retained to form buttonholes 5 a pair of tubular hangers each consisting oftwo tubnlar lengths, a web portion connecting said tubular lengths rigidly together, and a wire loop passing at one side through one of said tubular lengths and connected at its other side by stitching to the rear ends of said shoulder-straps; a pair of inelastic cords passing through the other of said last-mentioned tubular lengths and having one end thereof bent back and retained inclosing said first-mentioned cords, and their other ends bent back and retained to form buttonholes; a pair of tubularsections inclosing said last-mention ed cords near their buttonholes and a pair of adj ustable shoulder-supporting braces detachably connected at one end to the front ends ofsaid shoulder-straps and at their other ends to the rear portions of said shoulder-straps, a rectangular link hinging said tubularsections together substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

5-. In garment-suspenders the combination with a pair of shoulder-straps, of a pair of cords slidably carried by the front ends of said shoulder-straps, and having button connections at their ends; a pair of cords slidably carried by the rear ends of said shoulder-straps and having button connections, and a compensating connection between said front and rear cords, a horizontal strap f exstitched to the rear portions of said shoulder-straps and having a buckle at each end, a pair of adjustable shoulder-supporting braces, spring-hooks detachably connecting said braces at one end to the front ends of said shoulder-straps, and the opposite ends thereof being detachably connected to said buckles upon the ends of the horizontal strap, and short strap lengths covering said buckles and attached to the said shoulder-straps on the inside substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT PRESTON ROBINSON. Witnesses:

GEORGE H. RICE, RoBT. L. KIMBER.

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